Gigabit Internet Speedtest

Caged · 25 Apr 2020 at 15:34

It's the only way to rule in or out devices as being at fault, so there's no more we can do

nlel1975 · 25 Apr 2020 at 16:13

Caged said:
It's the only way to rule in or out devices as being at fault, so there's no more we can do

He’s thinking of buying a new router which he can open, test and return if it doesn’t solve the problem. You are allowed to returned opened stuff under the distance selling regulations. Won’t be buying at ocUK anyway so don’t get your knickers in a twist.

Caged · 25 Apr 2020 at 16:28

Seems like misplaced effort to me but go for it if you want

nlel1975 · 25 Apr 2020 at 16:31

Caged said:
Seems like misplaced effort to me but go for it if you want

I know I’d do what you’ve suggested first but he may even keep the router as the one he’s looking at is better than his current one. Can return if not wanted.

nlel1975 · 26 Apr 2020 at 19:41

I've had a chat with my brother and he informs me that our cousin has similarly low speeds such as him...

I believe he's paying for a 1 Gbps service whereas my brother and I are not. My cousin is no idiot, he's a senior software developer.

My brother has ordered a new NETGEAR Nighthawk X6 Smart WIFI Router (R8000) so we'll see what happens with that.

I've got another friend who is getting the same speeds as me. Very strange...

nlel1975 · 1 May 2020 at 12:26

I get 107 MB/s doing a download speed test. Here's my YouTube video...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lhbh7BtTodQ

What do you get on yours. 1000GB test file located here...

http://speedtest.tele2.net/

darrant1234 · 2 May 2020 at 09:30

112MB a second from usenet. Pc isn’t on so can’t test that site.

nlel1975 · 2 May 2020 at 10:34

darrant1234 said:
112MB a second from usenet. Pc isn’t on so can’t test that site.

Thanks, if you get the chance please download from the test site I linked to.

WJA96 · 2 May 2020 at 11:49

Why would you encourage people to download 1000Gb? At a time when the internet is under additional stress?

nlel1975 · 2 May 2020 at 11:56

WJA96 said:
Why would you encourage people to download 1000Gb? At a time when the internet is under additional stress?

They don’t need to download the whole file, 10GB or so would be plenty.

darrant1234 · 4 May 2020 at 16:48

Getting 70MB from that site a second. Usenet is still 112MB though

nlel1975 · 4 May 2020 at 17:10

darrant1234 said:
Getting 70MB from that site a second. Usenet is still 112MB though

Thanks for that, I'm getting 104 to 105 MB/s from that site at the moment, but your Usenet speeds are impressive. Do you know of any good Usenet providers that offer a free trial period?

Delta3D · 4 May 2020 at 17:18

I begin to wonder when it maxes out the test servers. My Azure server seems to get a pretty substantial rate!

nlel1975 · 4 May 2020 at 17:22

Delta3D said:
I begin to wonder when it maxes out the test servers. My Azure server seems to get a pretty substantial rate!

I heard if your connection is over 3 Gbps then you should download and test with the speed test app available from the Microsoft store as the website can’t handle it.

Caged · 4 May 2020 at 17:26

You'd hope that people opting for gigabit+ internet services would have specific applications that they need that sort of connection for, at which point it's easy to verify if the service is working as expected (you just use one of those applications). If I bought a 1Gbps connection because it was only £5 a month more than 500Mbps then I'm not sure I'd be too worried if it 'only' ran at 850Mbps on random speedtest servers.

Delta3D · 4 May 2020 at 18:10

nlel1975 said:
I heard if your connection is over 3 Gbps then you should download and test with the speed test app available from the Microsoft store as the website can’t handle it.

Haha that's a good point actually, never thought of limits of a web application.

darrant1234 · 4 May 2020 at 20:10

nlel1975 said:
Thanks for that, I'm getting 104 to 105 MB/s from that site at the moment, but your Usenet speeds are impressive. Do you know of any good Usenet providers that offer a free trial period?

I use tweaks news. Have done for years now

darrant1234 · 4 May 2020 at 20:11

Delta3D said:
Haha that's a good point actually, never thought of limits of a web application.

I tried http and ftp download both went to 70MB a second. On fast.com I’ve seen 1.4gbps on a laptop straight into the fibre to Ethernet converter.

GodAtum · 4 May 2020 at 20:30

Delta3D said:
I begin to wonder when it maxes out the test servers. My Azure server seems to get a pretty substantial rate!

What Azure VM is that!?

Delta3D · 4 May 2020 at 23:44

GodAtum said:
What Azure VM is that!?

That was using the Standard F4s_v2 setup on EU West Region

Was amazingly quick! Undeniably it was impossible to actually put it to use for the reason of the VM but pretty cool to see